News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions recognized 202 department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 65nd Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony. Nineteen other individuals outside of the department were also honored for their work. This annual ceremony recognizes individuals...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASCO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has completed an Environmental Assessment for three water conservation projects for the Semitropic Water Storage District, 20 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Oct. 26, 2017. Contact: Education Manager Jaclyn Zapanta Balajadia, Pacific Historic Parks. Phone: 671-477-7278 Ext 1015/1018. Teaching Methods: Parks as Classrooms Workshop. War in the Pacific National Historical Park and partner Pacific Historic Parks is proud to announce a professional...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A Newark man today admitted robbing a Newark jewelry store and then stealing a car at gunpoint immediately afterwards, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for committing bank fraud against financial institutions in the Memphis area. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Opening Statement by U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Wisconsin man has been indicted on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly transporting an underage girl to Chicago from West Virginia to engage in prostitution.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Donald J. Trump directed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today to launch an initiative to safely test and validate advanced operations for drones in partnership with state and local governments in select jurisdictions. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: For first responders, such as firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians, a successful outcome to a mission-and perhaps the difference between life and death for them and those they are helping-depends on their communications system. Recognizing this critical need, first responders...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Seeking Information Regarding Laser Strikes. The Louisville Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is seeking information regarding numerous recent laser strikes directed at aircraft flying in the Central Kentucky area. The majority of recent strikes have occurred over the past few...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RYAN SCOTT, age 39, of Kenner, was charged with federal firearms violations in a recently unsealed two-count Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Timothy Raymond Schmidt, 34, of Cincinnati, Ohio pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to sexual exploitation of children, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Texas man was sentenced last week to 120 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Shreveport area and possessing a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis.--The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm in a carry-on bag at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) this morning at a security screening checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former financial advisor entrusted with advising clients on investments was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for defrauding his client, a former factory worker, out of his retirement savings and using the funds for his own benefit, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: to continue to suffer. “So let us remember: Hezbollah is a terrorist group. Hezbollah is primarily financed by Iran. “Assad was losing the war in Syria on at least two occasions. And on those times, Syria had an infusion of Hezbollah fighters sent by Iran on the side of the Assad regime to prop up...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Davie J. Martinez, Jr., 41, and Lorenzo Ornelas, 31, both of Burley, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: 196 prescription take back locations across Michigan.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable for two days in November. The Monument is unavailable for public visitation on Nov. 1 at the request of the Cochiti Pueblo, which manages the Monument in cooperation with the BLM. The Monument will also be unavailable on Nov. 23 in observance of Thanksgiving.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Dozens of Minor Girls.
